The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEAT
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More clues leading to the result SEAT
- Instinctive representation of feet as hot?
- Main entrance to top stately home
- . Rump steak’s prime cut to swallow
- Behind main square
- Group of people pinching a backside
- Stall, as Spanish car
- Main bottom in butt, behind
- Even part of state supporting main goal of politician
- 24 across today embodies puzzle’s point
- Bottom group of pupils collecting top grade
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The straight part
We know that "stately home" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stately home = seat.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SEAT mean?
SEAT noun- Something to be sat upon.
- A location or site.
- The starting point of a fire.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- To provide with places to sit.
- To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
- (legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- To assign the seats of.
- To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- To rest; to lie down.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- To put a seat or bottom in.